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Old 07-17-2016, 03:06 AM
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Today was my Speedsters 60th birthday and my fathers 75th.
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Congrats!! Both the dad and the car look to be in great shape. May you enjoy many more.
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Super cool!

Speedster looks familiar; perhaps I've seen it at the New Year's Day drive at TRE sporting it's hardtop?

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super cool! How long has your dad owned it for?
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I have owned it for 13 or so years. It was just random luck the speedster was built on my dads birthday. i am the second owner of it and it is the same car that has the silver hardtop from the New Years run.
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is it original? Love the patina
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It was numbers matching, I have upgraded the engine, trans, and brakes from a donor 356 sc. I still have the original stuff tucked away. The paint is original as is the interior.
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Love it! Maybe see you at next New Year's drive.

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Cool! I really like the old patina. Your father also looks in great shape!
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Very cool car, very cool coincidence! Happy birthdays
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you can restore a car to its original show room condition, but you can never replicate that beautiful patina in a million years. Well maybe 60 years. looks amazing. I'd never paint it.



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